The majority of the Civil War reenactors in the movie volunteered to be in the movie without pay, in return the production company agreed to donate at least $500,000 to preservation of a Civil War battlefield.
Around 200 of the reenactors were employed as a "Core Company" to be available for filming 6 days a week 24 hours a day. They were the only reenactors that were paid for taking part in the movie.
Media mogul Ted Turner put up the entire 60 million dollar budget of the film personally.
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